adjective
1. exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in excellence
• Syn: ↑transcendent
• Similar to: ↑superior
• Derivationally related forms: ↑transcendency (for: ↑transcendent), ↑transcendence (for: ↑transcendent), ↑transcend (for: ↑transcendent)
2. far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree
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a night of exceeding darkness
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an exceptional memory
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olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy
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the young Mozart's prodigious talents
• Syn: ↑exceeding, ↑exceptional, ↑olympian, ↑prodigious
• Similar to: ↑extraordinary
• Derivationally related forms: ↑exception (for: ↑exceptional)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.